Although the Mollenhauer workshop is best known among early music enthusiasts as one of the leading German recorder makers, this family workshop has produced professional quality transverse flutes since 1823. Their excellent reproduction baroque flutes are among the best-kept secrets in the early music world: they are nicely made, very reasonable in price compared to other custom makers, and, perhaps most important, they play extremely well.
Mollenhauer currently produces a superb copy of an original instrument with seven center joints by August Grenser in the Nürnberg Germanisches Museum. This instrument is available in either boxwood or grenadilla, and at either a'=415 (original with #3 center joint) or a'=440 (original with #7 center joint), and is supplied with a handsome trapazoidal historical case.
The Picco flute is intended as a transitional instrument from recorder to transverse flute for young players. It is essentially a soprano recorder body with a transverse flute headjoint. In spite of its extremely low price, it is nicely crafted and plays very well. It is the perfect choice for a recorder player wanting an inexpensive introduction to renaissance and baroque flute playing.
| Instrument | Features | Wood | List Price | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenser baroque flute | a'=415 Hz. | boxwood | NLA | NLA |
| grenadilla | NLA | NLA | ||
| a'=440 Hz. | boxwood | NLA | NLA | |
| grenadilla | NLA | NLA | ||
| Picco soprano flute | double holes | pearwood | 166.00 | 151.00 |
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